History & Politics

Forgotten

by Chiang Yen AD 443–504

Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)

History & Politics

To learn the art of fencing, forth
I wandered, with my master, north.
I saw an ancient battle-plain
Engirt by hills which still remain;
And while I gazed upon the scene,
A wide expanse of sky and green,
I thought how like a summer's day
Each warrior's name has passed away.

MLA

Yen, Chiang. “Forgotten.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chiang-yen/0/.

Chicago

Yen, Chiang. “Forgotten.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chiang-yen/0/.

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